The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 76 83 75
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs citing WPF 14 9 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.282% 0.922% 1.266%
As % of the Application Development category 3.390% 2.314% 2.941%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 8
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £32,500 £31,750
10% offered a salary of more than £32,288 £35,000 £40,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
All Application Development
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
413 389 442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 37.82% 39.86% 43.04%
Number of salaries quoted 373 346 411
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £55,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WPF
Wales

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WPF across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Wales WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WPF across the South Wales region.

South Wales WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South Wales WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bridgend - 7 £30,000 -
Newport - 6 £30,896 - 1
WPF
Wales

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing WPF also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WPF.

1 16 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (87.50%) C#
3 10 (62.50%) OO
3 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (62.50%) SQL
4 9 (56.25%) Silverlight
5 8 (50.00%) MVC
5 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 6 (37.50%) VB.NET
7 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
7 5 (31.25%) WCF
7 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
7 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (31.25%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 4 (25.00%) REST
8 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
8 4 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (25.00%) Unit Testing
8 4 (25.00%) TDD
8 4 (25.00%) SOAP
8 4 (25.00%) Web Services
8 4 (25.00%) XML
8 4 (25.00%) XSLT
8 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
9 3 (18.75%) Apache
9 3 (18.75%) Apache FOP
10 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing WPF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (56.25%) Silverlight
3 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 5 (31.25%) WCF
4 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
4 5 (31.25%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (25.00%) REST
5 4 (25.00%) SOAP
5 4 (25.00%) Web Services
5 4 (25.00%) XML
5 4 (25.00%) XSLT
6 3 (18.75%) Apache FOP
7 1 (6.250%) STL
7 1 (6.250%) HTML
7 1 (6.250%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (6.250%) WinForms
7 1 (6.250%) CSS
7 1 (6.250%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Apache
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 8 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Developer
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior .NET Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) C++ Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C++/C# Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) OO
2 8 (50.00%) MVC
3 4 (25.00%) TDD
3 4 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) C#
2 10 (62.50%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) VB.NET
4 2 (12.50%) VBA
4 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.250%) VB
5 1 (6.250%) C++
5 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft